Is a ButcherBox subscription worth it? Review + 3 ways to save

Have you ever had grass fed beef or heritage breed pork? Although we are pretty big carnivores in my house, I’d never indulged in these goodies until last week when my Butcher Box arrived in the mail.

Disclosure: I received a free Butcher Box in exchange for my honest review.

In my quest to make all the things easier in my life, I tried out a Butcher Box. Because November is always crazy busy and the thought of having delicious groceries show up at my door sounded wonderful! So the nice folks at Butcher Box agreed to help me out.

Our box arrived well packed and protected. The meat was vacuum sealed and hard as a rock with 11 pounds of dry ice to keep everything frozen.

Here I am unboxing my Butcher Box.

Butcher Box is a subscription service that delivers amazing, humanely raised grass-fed beef, heritage breed pork and organic pastured chicken right to your doorstep. You can also get other meat-lovers’ delights like steaks, bacon and breakfast sausage.

My ButcherBox arrived with the following contents:

Grass-fed ground beef

Sirloin tips

Pork chops

Uncured sugar-free bacon

Boneless chicken thighs

Thin-sliced beef

Each ButcherBox also contains recipes by gourmet chefs to help you enjoy your meat.

So far, we’ve enjoyed the pork chops (SO delicious!), the thin-sliced beef (slow cooker broccoli beef – yum!) and the bacon (divine). The ground beef is on the menu for this weekend.

How did our ButcherBox taste?

Fantastic! The pork chops were incredibly juicy, the bacon was decadent, and the beef melted in your mouth. All in all, it was delicious.

Is a ButcherBox enough for an entire month?

A box contains about 10 pounds of meat. For my family of meat-eaters, this is sadly definitely not enough, but with some ground turkey and a couple more packages of chicken, we will be good to go. If you eat less meat, this may be just right for your family.

The prices on a ButcherBox are definitely on par with my local store prices for high-quality meat. If you’re eating out at restaurants a lot, a ButcherBox wins hands down. And don’t forget the free shipping and the convenience factor.

Were there any downsides?

Not really. I would have liked to see more recipes in the box. I had to do a little searching to decide what to do with the thin sliced beef. But it’s easy enough to find recipes, so that wasn’t a problem.

The ButcherBox meat is more expensive than what I usually purchase, but that’s because I don’t typically buy such high-quality meat. I think it was actually quite reasonably priced for its value. And there’s something to be said for eating higher quality foods in smaller quantities.

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I had the same experience with the packages leaking as they unthawed. I could not see a break in the packaging and also wondered how the meat could be good if packages were not sealed properly. They leaked a lot, every package I took out of the freezer. The packages are not dated either. I did not like that. I sent an email to cancel and no response after more than 24 hours.
I will not order again.

I tried this as well and have to say it was not a good experience. The meat was fine- we buy a lot of grass fed beef in local stores from various sources/farms. It came nicely frozen and vacuum packed but every single package that I put in the refrigerator to thaw leaked all over. Not just the first one, or the second, but virtually every one. There was no evidence of obvious damage to the cryovac package and the leaking was not just a little. It make a terrible mess in the refrigerator for one thing, but then I was wondering about how good the meat could be after not being sealed properly. I contacted Butcherbox directly about this and to cancel my subscription because of it and have had no response. The lack of response was the third strike. I’m glad I tried out a small sample before committing to a larger side of beef. We will do this a relatively local farmer. Definitely could not recommend the product nor the company.

First time Butcherbox customer…..what a mess up! Was not what I ordered….they told me the website hadnt been updated for Feb and this was on Feb 25. So what you see on the website (still not updated as of today) is NOT what you get! Is this bait and switch in disguise? I was supposed to get 2 rib eyes and got 2 top sirlons instead….NO THANK YOU. At first they said they would send 2 rib eyes this week, then they changed their mind. Also got 2 packs of “thin sliced beef” I didn’t order and would NEVER order. Big disappointment…be safer and go to Dr Mercola’s website. At least you get what you order.

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